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This episode discusses the inequities in global cancer care and how to strengthen cancer systems through various approaches.

Cancer care is advancing quickly, but access to diagnosis, treatment and support remains deeply uneven. In this episode of Connecting Citizens to Science, Professor Eva Kantelhardt and Professor Richard Sullivan discuss equity in global oncology, exploring how cancer systems can be strengthened through fair financing, better data, locally led research, patient voice and approaches that reflect the realities of different health systems and communities. In this episode: Prof. Dr. Eva J. Kantelhardt – Professor of Global and Planetary Health; Gynaecologist, Martin-Luther-University Halle (Saale), Germany Professor Eva J. Kantelhardt is Professor of Global and Planetary Health and a gynaecologist at Martin-Luther-University Halle in Germany. Her work focuses on cancer care in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing together population health, community involvement, primary health care, diagnostic and treatment services, and survivorship care. Her research and implementation work focuses on prevention, early detection and care, with particular attention to locally appropriate and culturally accepted approaches. Professor Richard Sullivan – Professor of Cancer & Global Health, & Director…

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